On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There were a whole lot of words there, but I still dont understand what you > are talking about. > > how on earth does it do those things for you?
through connections with people. > how often do you check it? whenever i can, whenever im bored, whenever, no schedule set. > how many "friends" do you have? 1054, and 98% of them ive at least had dinner with, if not lifelong friends. some of my best friends and i share around 250 +- friends in common. we have a large group of very good friends, yes, we are very lucky. > what kinds of stuff do you yourself put on there? thoughts, ideas, images of life, images of beauty, things my family and friends would like to keep up with. it is what you make it :) and most of all, someday when im no longer here, and my kids, and their kids want to know what dad was like... well, its all right there. id love to go back and see my dad, and moms lives from this perspective but i cant. imagine if fb were around in roman times, or whatever. we're creating content for future generations to grow and learn from. > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> fb rocks. i use it for business (new sites), pleasure (Friends, >> family, fun-times, cool pictures, news gathering, etc), >> entertainment (following some cool industry peeps, rags, etc), see a >> lot of twitter stuff that makes it through to fb feed. >> >> personal and, close friends and family lists that are very content >> specific. >> >> i control the content, so if i see someone that is white noise as >> someone called it, boom , you are gone >> and i havent offended you. >> >> immediate dispersion of information, news, good stuff, bad stuff, >> cries for help to everyone you know... ubiquitously, and >> instantaneously, most times. >> very cool, helpful and useful. if your close friends subscribe to your >> news feed, they get it on their phones, and if its a smart phone (esp, >> the iphone) a nice >> little push notification. >> >> location aware friend notices. >> >> new clients and new money for me. why not love that. >> >> easier to communicate than using email, chat, all in one. no question >> what someones >> email address is, just go to facebook. you now they are checking it. >> >> keep up with old friends long-gone, but sadly gone. i cant tell you >> how many friends have reconnected and remembered >> both why the were, and why they arent, and why they should still be, and >> are. >> >> if you are a not-so-social person, i wouldnt expect you to get it. >> most geeks arent. google plus seems to be the place >> most of those people are... and that's fine. i think im highly >> social, therefore i get it. those who are, that i am friends with >> are the same way. we use it to manage sports events, parties, fucking >> everything, its perfect. and then afterwards, we can >> share images, videos, etc of all those things afterwards. >> >> remind me again what's not to like about it?? facebook has enriched >> my life unlike many other things. and again, i control >> the content, it is what i make it. i never see game invites, holier >> than thou and inspirational image bullshit, or anything of the like. >> >> it is what i make it, and i have made it rock for me. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Same here jerry. The only reason why I have a facebook account was to >> > test some scripts, otherwise I don't use it or even pay attention to >> > FB. Its an alien landscape as far as I'm concerned. >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> that wasn't a complaint, or a dis, but a confused cry for help. >> >> >> >> obviously it is working for millions of other people. but there is no >> click >> >> for me. I dont get what people are seeing. >> >> >> >> (much like i dont understand any programming on mtv, nor any "reality >> >> show".) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Erika L. Rich <elr...@ruwebby.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>> An ad a client just placed for advertising their business, ON >> Facebook, got >> >>> over 600 clickthroughs. In 2 days. To their services. Cost them $43. >> They >> >>> sold thousands. I'll take that ROI any day. >> >>> >> >>> Again. Might not click for you, but there's plenty of other users it >> clicks >> >>> for. :) >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349719 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
